(CNN PHILIPPINES) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 18) — Nearly a decade after charges were filed, the Sandiganbayan will hand down on Friday its verdict on Senator Jinggoy Estrada’s plunder case in relation to the infamous pork barrel scam. The lawmaker, who was allowed to post bail in 2017 even as plunder is a non-bailable offense, is expected…
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(ABS-CBN NEWS) Senator Jinggoy Estrada admitted Thursday that he is both “hopeful” and “nervous” as the clock ticks on his plunder case promulgation scheduled Friday at the Sandiganbayan. Estrada was referring to the plunder charge he is facing before the Sandiganbayan that stemmed from the P183-million worth of alleged kickbacks from supposed fake projects in…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Senator Jinggoy Estrada said on Thursday that he is “hopeful” and nervous at the same time about the outcome of his pending plunder case before the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court. The promulgation of Estrada’s case is set on Friday, January 19. “I hope it will be favorable. I’m keeping my fingers crossed,”…
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(THE MANILA TIMES) SEN. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada has filed a bill seeking to allow the public to participate in every step of the legislative process, whether to amend or enact new laws, through online platforms. “Under this proposal, they can participate in the legislative process — from the First Reading, Second Reading, and Third Reading…
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(BUSINESS MIRROR) Senator Jinggoy Estrada, moving to allow netizens to participate in lawmaking, asked Congress to pass an enabling legislation that will “allow the public to participate in every step of the legislative process, whether to amend or enact new laws, through online platforms.” As proposed, the Estrada bill provides individuals or groups will allow…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — A bill seeking to allow netizens to participate in amending and enacting new laws has been filed in the Senate. Senator Jinggoy Estrada on Wednesday said under his Senate Bill No. 2344, otherwise known as the Crowdsourcing in Legislative Policymaking Act, social media users may participate in the legislative process — beginning with…
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(GMA NEWS) A proposed measure allowing netizens to participate in the legislative process has been filed in the Senate. Under proposed Senate Bill (SB) No. 2344 or the “Crowdsourcing in Legislative Policy Making Act,” Senator Jinggoy Estrada said Filipinos may submit input, suggestions, recommendations, and objections on certain laws through crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing is defined as…
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